Soil Health

Hannah Voye, who graduated from SDSU in May 2025 with a master’s degree in plant science, talks about her research on soil tarping at an SDSU Extension event. (South Dakota State University Extension)
Central Region, Regional Roundup, Soil Health, South Dakota

SDSU provides updated recommendations on soil tarping

New SDSU research offers vegetable growers recommendations for using soil tarps to manage weeds while limiting impacts on soil health. Read More

Mizzou Weed Science team is led by MU Extension weed scientist Kevin Bradley. The team continues its research efforts to find solutions to reducing weeds in Missouri row crops. (Photo by Linda Geist.)
Midwestern Region, Missouri, Regional Roundup, Soil Health

MU weed science team seeks ways to reduce soil weed seed bank

(Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)
All Aboard Harvest, Colorado, Dave Bergmeier, Disease, Editors, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, research, Soil Health, South Dakota, Texas, Wheat, Wyoming

Controlling volunteer wheat is critical to reducing wheat curl mite

Carolina Brandani holds soil on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, in Canyon, Texas. (Michael Miller\/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Funding available for Texas row crop and vegetable producers

  • By Kay Ledbetter │ Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Jake Mowrer, Ph.D., is the new director of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Soil, Water and Forage Testing Laboratory in College Station. (Hannah Harrison/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Mowrer named director of testing lab

Granualted urea fertilizer. (Photo via vecteezy.com)

Survey shows urea prices dropping

  • By Mary Hightower │ University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture

Pivot Bio expands crop nutrition capacity

Sheep at Fairhaven Farm (John Beaton - RSDP)

Fairhaven Farm invests in new equipment and healthy soils

  • By Briannah Kocinski │ University of Minnesota Extension
Jake Mowrer, Ph.D., is the new director of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Soil, Water and Forage Testing Laboratory in College Station. (Hannah Harrison/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Mowrer takes helm of AgriLife Extension Soil, Water and Forage Testing Laboratory

  • By Kay Ledbetter │ Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
Research Field Conference 2026

Colorado conference focuses on practical farming solutions  

USDA appoints Colton Buckley as NRCS chief